Dragline automation has received a $600,000 boost, with a technology company and the University of Queensland working together to develop a system which could save mining operations millions.
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CFMEU slams Rio Tinto’s warning on robots replacing Aussie workers.
The CFMEU has struck back after Rio Tinto’s warned that Australian mining labour forces could be replaced by robots.
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CFMEU questions BMA on Saraji coal job cuts
The CFMEU has accused BMA of attempting to bypass redundancy processes for the more than 200 workers it cut last month.
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Financial kickbacks hurting Hunter Valley health services
An occupational health service provider owned by the CFMEU and the NSW Minerals Council has been accused of providing mining companies with financial kickbacks that disadvantage doctors tendering to perform compulsory medical exams on coal workers.
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CFMEU backs Anglo’s Drayton South mine expansion
The CFMEU has urged the NSW government to get behind the expansion of Anglo American’s Drayton South mine.
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Oil and gas sector told to hold-off on projects rather than give into union demands
The Federal Government has suggested oil and gas companies should delay developing multi-billion projects rather than give into over-the-top demands from unions.
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Glencore’s Collinsville mine restarts production after four-month hiatus
Production has restarted at Glencore’s Collinsville mine after a closure of more than four months.
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Perilya workers shun $1.8m pay rise sacrifice
Employees at Broken Hill’s Perilya mine have rejected a proposed freeze on pay rises.
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Industrial action at Anglo American coal mine on the horizon
Industrial action at the Dawson coal mine by the CFMEU is likely as it refuses to support Anglo American’s enterprise agreements.
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Union vows to continue the fight for ex-Collinsville workers
The CFMEU has vowed to continue its fight against multi-national miner Glencore after claims only four locals have been given their jobs back at Collinsville mine.
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Perilya workers vote on $1.8m pay rise sacrifice
Employees at Broken Hill’s Perilya mine will start voting on whether to accept a company proposal which will see workers sacrifice $1.8 million in wage increases promised for 2014.
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BHP fined $60,000 for unfair dismissal of union officials
BHP has been ordered to pay $60,000 after a court found the company breached industrial laws when it sacked two CFMEU officials from its Peak Downs mine in 2011.
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Collinsville locals receive “thanks but no thanks” letters from Glencore: union
The CFMEU says 75 per cent of Collinsville locals have who reapplied for their jobs with Glencore have been knocked back, leaving community members “devastated”.
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Glencore reaches out to Collinsville locals as tensions grow
As tensions continue to simmer in the small Collinsville community as the coal mine remains shut, Glencore have taken an ad out in local papers to “separate fact from fiction”.
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CFMEU and Peabody strike pay deal for Helensburgh mine workers
Employees at Peabody’s Helensburgh mine will return to work tonight after the company and the CFMEU reached an in principal agreement around a new pay deal.
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Perilya employees asked to sacrifice $1.8m pay rise
The owner of Broken Hill’s silver, lead and zinc mine has asked workers to sacrifice $1.8 million in wage increases promised for 2014 after reporting an operating loss of $20 million in the first half of the year.
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Peabody workers vote down pay deal
Workers from Peabody’s Helensburgh mine have rejected an enterprise agreement offered by the company which would have seen them receive zero, two and two pay percentage increases plus bonuses over a two year deal.
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Glencore CEO invited to Collinsville by concerned locals [VIDEO]
CEO of GlencoreXstrata, Ivan Glasenberg, has been invited to Collinsville by two concerned community members who want him to witness the impacts of the mine closure firsthand.
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Peabody workers march in protest
Around 100 workers from Peabody’s Helensburgh mine marched through the small township to the company’s office yesterday before voting on a new pay deal.
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Peabody’s Coppabella mine workers vote in favour of new pay deal
Workers at Peabody Energy’s Coppabella mine have voted in favour of a new enterprise agreement which will see them receive zero, two and two and a half pay percentage increases over the next three years.
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